24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30,1971
Local Beef
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judgement on each animal’s
desirability for breeding. Grades
from six to 17 were given, with a
score of 13 or above considered
good enough for the animal to go
back into the purebred herd for
breeding purposes
In addition. Twin Oaks used the
occasion to give any needed
medicine, including worm
medicine, which is considered
important in maintaining healthy
animals and efficient gains But
the medical program is not
directly related to the per
lormance testing
The testing is usually done at
two phases in the development of
the animal
The first testing comes at the
six to seven month old stage,
which was the stage of the Twin
Oaks animals Burdette ex
plained that the weight and
performance of the calf at this
stage is based largely on the milk
producing ability of the cow
Thercloie, the first test is con
sidered primarily a measure of
the milk producing ability of the
cow
The second weight or test is
taken when the animal is about
one year old This test primarily
measures the ability of the
animal to convert feed to meat
Burdette emphasized that the
results of the tests are not the
exclusive means of evaluating
animals He termed it “another
management tool which gives the
beef producer more information
to use in his breeding program ”
He said the program is par
ticularly good in helping to cull
the low-production cows He said
the breeder should keep the high
producing and even the average
cows, but it is important to “cut
the low end ”
Twin Oaks also is planning to
send six or seven steers by one
sire to Penn State for a complete
perlormance and evaluation
which will include daily gain,
feed conversion, type score and
complete carcass evaluation,
including USDA grade and taste
tests
Poultry Waste
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Dr Tony Stemberger, Penn
Stale University agricultural
economies professor, will speak
on “Economics of Manure
Handling” at 11 20 a m
Lunch will be catered at 12
noon The afternoon program
chairman is George Knott,
manager of the West Penn Farms
ol Agway at Shelochta, Pa
At 1 15 p m , Dr Floyd Hicks
Penn State University poultry
science professor, will speak on
“Modify your Cage House for
Manure Drying ”
At 1 50 pm , Dr Ted Long,
Penn State University associate
animal nutrition professor, will
discuss “The Economics of
Recycling Converted Poultry
Wastes Through Cattle ”
Dr Owen Keene, Penn State
University assistant poultry
science specialist, will talk on
“New Ideas for Use of Converted
Waste Products” at 2-30 p m
Jordon will speak on “Ren
dering Off-grade Eggs for Feed”
at 3 10 p m
At 3 30 p m , Jay Irwin,
associate Lancaster County ag
agent, will head a panel of
producers telling how they
successfully convert and use
poultry manure in large quan
tities The panelists have
managed several million birds.
Persons desiring lunch at the
Farm and Home Center are
requested to make advance
registration by November 5 by
contacting and sending the
registration fee of $7, which in
cludes the lunch, to Jay Irwin,
1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster,
Sam Wylie helps protesting calf open his mouth to get
squirt of worm medicine Thursday during performance
testing at Twin Oaks Farm The pressurized medical system
is reported the latest technique in the business.
The animals were among those pound range,
tested Thursday at Twin Oaks The steers to go to Penn State
Farm. are from Collasal’s Image, the
Most of the animals tested Twin Oaks bull which has won
Thursday were in the 400 to 550 many of the top national shows.
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65 HEAD
HIGH GRADE
HOLSTEINS
This herd consists of 44 head - 34 Holstems and 10 Red &
White cows. 25 fresh or due by Dec. These cows are all home
raised and very well taken care of with plenty of size and
dairy quality.
Also 20 head top fresh and close cows from Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
Farmers! If you need milk plan to attend this sale as every
cow must be sold
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Everett Eschbach, Clerk
WEST VIRGINIA
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located Vi mile West of Quarryville
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